Johannes Friedrich (bishop)

Johannes Friedrich

Johannes Friedrich (born June 20, 1948 in Bielefeld-Gadderbaum) is German Lutheran theologian and was a German Lutheran bishop.

Education and career

Johannes Friedrich studied theology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and at the University of Tübingen,[1] was reverend in Nuremberg, campus minister at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and German Lutheran Provost at Redeemer Church in Jerusalem.[2] He is a member of the EKD Council of the Protestant Church in Germany,[3] since 1999 Landesbischof (bishop) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria[4] and since 2005 leading bishop of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany.[5] Friedrich has worked on a Lutheran/Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JD)[6] and supports the Christian-Islamic dialogue in order to cause the Christian-Islamic understanding.[7][8]

In 2011 he was succeeded as bishop of the ELCB by Heinrich Bedford-Strohm.[9]

Works available in German

References

  1. The Bavarian radio (12th of March 2010)
  2. The Provosts in Jerusalem (12th of March 2010)
  3. New EKD Council elected (11th of March 2010)
  4. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (4th of March 2010)
  5. Bishop Friedrich is Leading United Evangelical Lutheran (11the of March 2010)
  6. The Lutheran World Federation (10th of March 2010)
  7. Dialogue from a Christian Source (11the of March 2010)
  8. Eugen-Biser-Award 2008 (11the of March 2010)
  9. http://www.bayern-evangelisch.de/www/ueber_uns/ticker-bischofswahl.php

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